Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @GwynneFitz: When people talk about public safety, this also is an important data point. 2021 Was Deadliest Year on Record for Homeles… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RepAOC: Ever wonder what a congressional district office does? This year, our constituent liaisons opened 1,800 cases, helping our nei… — PolitiTweet.org

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Join us for a shift this week! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TeamAOC: Here's where you can find the team this week as we gather signatures to make sure @aoc and our progressive allies appear on th… — PolitiTweet.org

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Members of Congress trading stocks while having access to sensitive info + writing policy is already bad, but buying up defense contractor stock while receiving classified briefings on Ukraine and voting on US involvement? 👹👹👹 textbook case as to why this should be illegal — PolitiTweet.org

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In related news, we’ve heard that we’re soon getting a hearing date on banning members of Congress from trading individual stock while in office. There’s still a lot of resistance in Congress, though. Keep pushing. Because lots of ppl are really trying to protect this behavior⬇️ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Malinowski: One reason we're paying $4 a gallon for gas is that a Saudi prince is angry that we criticized him for for murdering a Wash… — PolitiTweet.org

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What if… the people working overtime to keep first graders trapped in school lunch debt are the baddies 🤔 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JamaalBowmanNY: Cancel student loans @POTUS. https://t.co/iq34tS216V — PolitiTweet.org

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Unemployment also hit 14.8% in 2020, the highest rate ever seen in the US since data collection began. Does the Senator want to jump to claim that as Trump’s legacy too? Or would we rather examine context and data like adults? 👩🏽‍🏫 — PolitiTweet.org

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Maybe that has something to do with the fact that everyone in the country was quarantining while 350,000 people died and COVID vaccines weren’t out yet — PolitiTweet.org

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Anyways, apologies for the long thread but sometimes it’s important to dive a bit deeper. If you’re a person who has genuine questions on this issue, let me know! Happy to explore them together — PolitiTweet.org

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2nd, there’s a lot of Fed policy to tackle. One area I’ve spent time on is our long-neglected public housing policy, where we advanced legislation to repeal Faircloth & make ambitious investments like those in GND for Public Housing. But there’s so much more beyond that as well. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

That’s why @CouragetoChange’s focus this year is helping people identify their local pro-housing candidates across the country. Local candidates who take the pledge are listed here. Either way, *always* ask candidates if they take money from these lobbies.https://t.co/K6JXmCH2Vh — PolitiTweet.org

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So, what can we do about it? A lot! First, one of the fastest-impact areas you can make change is on the local level. Local elections are very relevant to cost of housing in your area. There’s a lot to explore non-electorally too, like community land trusts, tenants’ unions,etc — PolitiTweet.org

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If you see pols who are consistently in favor of endlessly exploding budgets for police/surveillance/jails, dig in & explore what their relationship to real estate & other lobbies, or what their housing, school, and public health policies consist of. It’ll often tell you a lot. — PolitiTweet.org

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or # of officers will “fix” the crises of housing or violence created by powerful interests, but it really just serves to cover up a crisis that we’re all suffering from It’s a slam dunk for politicians cozy w/ big money interests to distract from their relationship w/ them — PolitiTweet.org

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Fact is causes for crime and homelessness can have many complex and contributing factors. By the time they surge, a web of policies and decisions have already driven that result - housing costs, community disinvestment, lobbying, etc. It’s an easy sell to think one department /2 — PolitiTweet.org

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The housing crisis is exploding. One perk for many politicians & media working to make people’s knee-jerk reaction to homelessness be policing is it keeps ppl from seeing + organizing against the larger powers driving the housing crisis, like private equity + real estate lobbies — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @EdMarkey: Here's a fact you won't hear on Fox News today. Exxon, Chevron, and Conoco made $46 billion in profit in 2021. Now they're us… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SRuhle: Gas Prices / these companies don't HAVE to increase the price to consumers so much. They choose to. Our govt could find a way… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AntheaButler: Let me know when the @nytimes and the @NYTimesOpinion are ready to hear from the professors who have been targeted by rig… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brutamerica: What does fossil fuel have to do with violence against Native women? @AOC explains ... https://t.co/YYhrUBNYSp — PolitiTweet.org

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Thank you @NewYorkStateAG 👏🏽 👏🏽 — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @RepAOC: In @OversightDems today, we spoke about the correlation between fossil fuel sites & violence against indigenous women. @ACLUNo… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NicholsUprising: When @justicedems and @AOC said progressive Democrats could win anywhere, they meant it. They went big for a pair of T… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @priscialva: SCOOP: DHS plans to allow Ukrainians who are in the United States to remain in country under a form of humanitarian relief,… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytimes: The U.S. surgeon general formally requested that big tech platforms provide information about the scale of Covid misinformatio… — PolitiTweet.org

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What’s worse is that ppl use anecdotes from their uncle at dinner to insist activist demands had an electoral impact, but even Dem party data showed that it had no sig impact on midterms. The political argument lacks evidence, yet we’re doing this anyway & we’re not getting safer — PolitiTweet.org

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Shout out to everyone working to explode funding for surveillance programs like these across the country under the guise of “fund the police” when in fact police budgets are already at some of their highest levels in US history across the country. 🤗 no facts, just vibes — PolitiTweet.org